Ashby Avenue (stadium)
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The Avenue | |
 The Willy White Suite and Bryan Smith memorial dressing rooms in 2010, seen from the Main Stand | |
  Ashby Avenue Location in Lincolnshire | |
| Location | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°12′38″N 0°35′03″W / 53.21056°N 0.58417°W |
| Owner | Lincoln United F.C. |
| Capacity | 2,714 (250 seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Renovated | 1994 |
| Tenants | |
| Lincoln United F.C. Lincoln Ladies F.C. (2009–2010, 2012) | |
Ashby Avenue is a football stadium in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It is the home ground of Lincoln United of the United Counties League. Since July 2009, Lincoln United Ladies also play their home games at Ashby Avenue. The stadium is located in the Hartsholme area of the city, backing onto Hartsholme Country Park.[1] It has a total capacity of 2,714,[2] with a seated Main Stand which holds around 250.
In August 2012 Lincoln United sold the stadium naming rights to NTR Solutions, a telecommunications firm, for a reported five–figure fee.[3]
A 6–1 friendly defeat against Premier League club Nottingham Forest in 1992 marked the official opening of the Bryan Smith memorial dressing rooms.[4]
1994 saw the construction of the Willy White Suite, the seated Main Stand and the Claudine Morley (South) Stand.[5]
